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Why? This FML is from back in 2015 but it's good stuff Saint Charles, United States

Fuel to the fire

Today, our dog died. My daughter was really upset about it, so my husband tried to cheer her up by saying, "At least she will be doing something that she liked forever: Sleeping!" My daughter continued to cry for half an hour. FML

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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.

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Tripartita 45

Haha, lucky for me, my parents never tried to cheer me up about pets when I was a kid. As a matter of fact, all my pets went off to live at farms, and none of them actually—oh. Wait…

buddy_J 16

At least he tried. Give him a break

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Comments (34)

saraaa2552 15

I don't see what's so mean about that lol

joshszz_fml 27

It's the way the father phrased it. There are other ways to make a child feel better after a loss rather than so candidly.

chuka81 27

Actually, I don't see what's so mean about the phrasing either. It's just the same as telling a child that grandma has gone to heaven. He tried to lessen the pain by making it sound as if the dog is much better off dead. at least he's doing something he likes. The father tried, I'm sure nothing he said would have lessened the poor girl's pain of losing her pet

friday9733 11

Well. He tried.

itslaelae 17

Poor kid :(

Toolishing 22

He's not wrong.

higgysaurus 18

Just a hunch but I don't think that is why OP posted it here.

sylvienoir 18

He gets a silver star for trying.

buddy_J 16

At least he tried. Give him a break

nix1993 41

I don't really see anything wrong with what he said. She loved the dog, chances are she as gonna cry for more than half an hour anyway.

weezypanda420 22

Some people aren't good with emotion. I think he did a good job in trying.

Wer3Wolf3 16

I think he handled that well. I mean sleeping is awesome!

Tripartita 45

Haha, lucky for me, my parents never tried to cheer me up about pets when I was a kid. As a matter of fact, all my pets went off to live at farms, and none of them actually—oh. Wait…

UhHuhHoney 20

That's such a dad comment lol

unanimousangel 9

Then he said what has 4 legs and is not alive? The kid responded a chair dad said no your dog